EUCC – The Coastal Union Germany

EUCC - The Coastal Union Germany
Founded 2002
Type Non-governmental organization
Location
  • Rostock-Warnemünde
Area served
Germany, North Sea & Baltic Sea
Method Information retrieval and dissemination, education for sustainable development, workshops
Members
100 (app. 1400 Network members)
Website www.eucc-d.de

EUCC – The Coastal Union Germany , or short EUCC-Germany, is a nonprofit organization that supports the promotion of sustainable development of coasts and seas in national and international projects. EUCC-Germany provides learning modules and databases on the Internet, publishes information and journals and is involved in education for sustainable development (ESD) programs. As the German representative of the International Coastal & Marine Union (EUCC), the largest European non-governmental organization (NGO) in the coastal area, EUCC-Germany aims to strengthen German activities within the field of Integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) by bridging the gap between coastal science and practice.[1]

Overview

EUCC-Germany was founded in November 2002 and its main office is located in Rostock-Warnemünde on the coast of the Baltic Sea. The association currently counts with 100 members and about 1.400 network members. Main topics of the EUCC-Germany are:

Services

EUCC-Germany is for all who are interested professionally or privately in the coast topic. The services of the association reach various interest groups. These particularly include coastal professionals, students and graduates, interested coastal residents and tourists. In the following, the EUCC-Germany activities are listed, which are exercised to achieve their charitable goals and tasks.

Projects

Since its founding in 2002, EUCC-Germany has participated in over 20 national and international projects and case studies in the field of ICZM (Integrated Coastal Zone Management). Examples are:

Funded by: BMBF
Project duration: 2009-2014
EUCC-Germany tasks: coordinator of focus topic “tourism and beach management”
Funded by: South Baltic Programme
Project duration: 2010-2013
EUCC-Germany tasks: Szczecin Lagoon case study: best practice management; responsible for disseminating information
Funded by: DBU, BINGO, Klara Samaritan Foundation
Project duration: 2010-2012
EUCC- Germany tasks: extracurricular educational activities around the Baltic Sea
Funded by: Interreg IV b
Project duration: 2009-2012
EUCC- Germany tasks: a case study of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: adjustments in the coastal tourism sector
Funded by: BMBF
Project duration: 2004-2010
EUCC- Germany tasks: creation of information systems and learning modules, public relations

Further information is available on the respective Project websites.

Organizational structure

The Board of EUCC-Germany is elected for four years by the General Assembly. It is composed by six members, with the federal states of Lower Saxony/Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein/Hamburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with at least one representative member. Since the 1st of November 2006, a specialist advisory committee complemented the EUCC-Germany board. The consultants are EUCC members and renowned experts in relevant coastal fields. They assume voluntary, subject-oriented, consultative and supportive activities and participate as actively and guiding the association.

References

External links

Project websites

Online databases

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